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curry muncher on "New EU law to ban German compound nouns"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1493#post-4059
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:39:05 +0000curry muncher4059@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p><blockquote>Nice idea - but it's already been done I'm afraid</p>
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<p>Bugger. I think I will award myself some stars to compensate.
</p>Ostsee on "New EU law to ban German compound nouns"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1493#post-4055
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:23:54 +0000Ostsee4055@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Germany is a beautiful land with lovely people and a marvellous language. Trouble is, the silly chaps have no idea where the Baltic Sea is.
</p>editor on "New EU law to ban German compound nouns"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1493#post-4051
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0000editor4051@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Nice idea - but it's already been done I'm afraid</p>
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</p>curry muncher on "New EU law to ban German compound nouns"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1493#post-4046
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:11:40 +0000curry muncher4046@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>In a surprise announcement today, the EU set out its plans for the simplification of major European Languages; the most contentious recommendation being the complete elimination of German compound nouns. “This is a welcome move and one that will have immense benefit to the community as a whole. Anyway, it is well known that they only do it to wind everybody up” said an unnamed Conservative MEP.</p>
<p>No more Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft for you Fritz – The Sun
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